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In this excerpt from "The Life of Charlotte Brontë" by Elizabeth Gaskell, what do the underlined words mean?

"From the same cause come also enduring grudges, in some cases amounting to hatred, which occasionally has been bequeathed from generation to generation... But while Mr. Redhead was reading the second lesson, the whole congregation, as by one impulse, began to leave the church, making all the noise they could with clattering and clumping of clogs, till, at length, Mr. Redhead and the clerk were the only two left to continue the service."

The word "bequeathed" means _______________.

The word "congregation" means _______________.



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Final answer:

Bequeathed means handed down, while congregation refers to a group gathered for religious worship.


Explanation:

Bequeathed means handed down or passed on, often in the context of inheriting something from a predecessor, like hatred passed from generation to generation. Congregation refers to a group of people gathered for religious worship, as seen in the excerpt where the entire group in the church is referred to as the 'congregation'.


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